Another good day at Glencoe with fine weather and mostly great snow outside of the wind-scoured spots. Despite being quite busy, the longest queue of the day was only 5 minutes or so of good old self-managed Scottish double-lining at the Wall T-Bar. Mostly only 1 or 2 minutes waiting later on, helped by both the top button coming on after lunch and lifties encouraging doubling-up. Lifts are obviously creaking and groaning all over Scotland at the moment but Glencoe's broken plateau button meant that skiing the fast and narrow plateau lift line snow was a rare pleasure at the end of the day

Main Basin up track was complete last clear view. Main Basin and Wall complete. Spring Run and Flypaper skiable. Thrombosis and Canyon might be no go due to dodgy snow bridges, high road broke overnight.

The last days skiing at Glencoe was 19th Feb 2012. Could easily turn out to be earliest finish to a Glencoe ski season ever ? Ironically after one of the earliest starts (17th Dec).

Interestingly in 2006 the 19th Feb was actually the very FIRST day of the season - and that year plateau poma was still complete until 1st May. So obviously it could still turn good again... Maybe... Though not much snow in the short term forecasts. Roller coaster ride of being a Scottish skier huh ?

Doug you've got to keep the faith, if we were sitting in mid March I would perhaps share your view but there is still a decent base on the upper mountain and it won't take that much fresh snow to patch up the uptracks. I'll concede the best conditions we'll see this season have probably passed though....

^ for sure Chris - will be very surprised if we don't get a decent dump in March.
However hopefully it wont come too late to save the day... Only showers forecast for next week.

At end of the day Scottish snow has always been variable - according to 'old timers' when they first built the tow in 1956 there was no snow in Main Basin up until mid February. Then in 1957 it was totally buried for weeks on end. Just never know with Scotland (as we all know!).